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            Be it knowne unto all men by these presents that I Liber B.

       jodec. Richard Thurston of Boston New England marriner have

       Nominated ordained and Constituted, and by these prsents doe

       Nominate, make, Ordaine & Constitute my Loveing Brethren

       Charles Thurston and Robert Lord of Boston aforesaid Marri ners

       my very true and Lawfull Attornys Jointly and Severall for me

       and in my Name and to my use to ask, require, levy, recover

       & receive all & Sigular Debts, dues, Demands reckonings &

       Accompts Sume & Sumes of money, Wares Merchandizes

       Goods & Tobaccos due, oweing and appertaining unto me the

       Said Richard Thurston by Bill, bond, Booke writing or other- p.

       wise howsoevr Giving and by these presents Granting unto my

       Said Attorny's or either of them my full and Lawfull power

       to Sue arrest attach, declare, Implead, imprison, Condemn and

       release the Said Debtor or any of them, Acquittances or any

       other Lawfull discharge for me and in my Name to make

       Seale and Deliver One Attorney or more under them or either

       of them to ordaine and make and at pleasure againe to revoke,

       And Moreover to Say, doe, Execute, Conclude Compose,

       Compound, perform and finish any Matter or things whatso-

       ever, which are or Shall be needfull or requisite in and about

       the premisses as amply and Effectually as I my Self may or

       might doe if I were there present in person and did the Same

       my Self, Allowing Ratifying confirming & Establishing what-

       soever my Said Attorneys or either of them Shall happen Law-

       fully to doe or Cause to be done in and about the premisses,

       And thereunto I bind my Self my heirs Executrs And Admrs

       firmly by these presents. In Wittness whereof I have here-

       unto Sett my hand and Seale the 27th day of October in the

       yeare of our Lord God 1653.

                                    Richard Thurston

       Sealed and Delivered in the psence of

        Anthony Binge, James Hitchcocke

        Nathaniell Gowther Norus publicus

        This present writing Wittnesseth that I William Smith of the

       Province of Maryland doe make Susan Warren my Daughter

       in the Same Province my Attorney to Sue for Recoveries of

       all Debts or Actions of the Case as any wayes belongs to me

       within this Province, or to Compound or give acquittance for

       the Same or any part thereof Also Giving her the Said Susan

       Warren power hereby to make any other Attorney or Attor-

       neys under her for the purpose aforesaid, And what She the

       Said Susan Warren or such other Attorney Shall doe in the

       prnisses I doe hereby ratifie and Confirm Giving her and them

       as full power in Every particular touching the premisses as I